Apparatus for printing and notching



, "2m uzEun R. CONNOR Filed Jan 19, 1940 Aug. 25, 1942.

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Patented. Aug. 25, 1942 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 1 APPARATUS FOR ranvrma nn norcnmc Roger Connor, Athens, om, assignor' to The Company, Athens, Ohio, acorporatlon or Application January 19, 1940, Serial No. 314,676

scams, tCi. 101-19) My invention relates to the preparation of .cards which are to be sorted in the'manner described in United; States Letters= Patent No. 1,544,172 to A. Perkins, towhich reference may edges of the card as may be desired. These per- D forations are then slotted or notched-i to the edge of the card to form a pattern relating toa single classification as iully described in said patent. These cards 'are. then generally prebe had for a complete detailed description. I U

faces of the cards and comparing-the totals with the totals of the invoice copies. This proving" is an entirely separate operation. I

After the cards have been prepared by transcription they are handed to' the punching or slotting operator who identifies each card with pared for use by writinghertain'desired inIor- B mation thereon. Fromini'ormatiion appearing on other. documents or records; .tor example,

the copies of the sales invoices ofa firm may and usually do contain many-lines of. billing on each invoice. That is to-say; several different products may be invoiced or charged on one invoice blank, and in the ana'lysis of sales according to products,- itis necessaryto-- prepare in-- sold or its sorting classification, by slotting or notch-- ing a predetermined patternin. he edges of the cards according to the codesio the style, numher or name of the produci? spld, the number or name of the customer, the number or name of the salesman and the customer's geographical location. 1 This slottingis, of course, a third operation necessary, in preparing the cards for the analysis "work. The cards are then ready to be sorted into groups according to customers, products, salesmen, etc., or any other analysis required-'fon-the proper conduct of the business.

My invention has for its principal object to providerafi method q! mechanically writing the analysis or accounting data on the face of the cards instead of manually, thento provide for automatically accumulatingihe quantities sold and/or the sales values mm each card at the ing to one product appearing on the-invoice'and to indentify that card with the particular cus- & timethe cards are mechanically written so that these totals will be available immediately after the card writihgpperation for proving or reconciling with the totals of the sales invoices Tromwhichthescards were prepared.

t'omer sold and the name or identification of the Q My--infintion'has for i i further o i t t0 salesman who makes the sale; This data usually includes the quantitysold,\the nuihber' or name of the products andthe sales -.valu'es-'-oi that particular item The clerk may. record at thesame time on the card. the number .or name oi! the customer,"-.the number or name; of the salesman and the geographical location'ot'the customer. A similar card would be, prepared in like manner f oreach item sold of the invoice e same manner, cards would be prepared for"lt'ems.of all eithe -invoices. In'other words, if there werefive huadredinvoices-for a particular day's-billing, ctintiihiing an average or five separate iteins per invoice, 2500 Perkins cards would be prepared or' transcribed in the manner described above.

Because orjthe element of error in transcribing the information from the invoice copiesato the cards incorrectly, duplicate cards being preto'mecha-nically or electrically operate punching "devices actuated from' a keyboard so as tore-- provide; i'or: slotting; or notching the cards for tbeirsomnsclassiflcations at the'time the cards are written;

' It 'is fapparentthat the notching or -slotting I duce the chances of error to the minimum. De-

vices of this kind are shown in United States Letters Patents to. N. S. Welk, N0. 2,035,777.; to D. A. Nevin, No. 2 ,Q41,085; and to Nevin, No; 2,062,153. To accomplish the objects of my invention, I

combine parts of an adding machine, parts oi pared in error'or lines of billing missed entirely in the necessary elements of the slotting machine (cards not being prepared) it" is necessary tor some one to check the accuracy of the transcription or preparations of the cards. This is n'suallrdoneinaddinmthe quantities soldfor I the, amount'sold or both as theyappear on the 55 datapn-the otthecard.

and'provide means to cause the operation of slotpattermdfrnotchesand to compute accounting I we: and- For the purpose of illustrating apparatus which may be employed to carry out the steps of my invention, I have prepared a diagrammatic sketch of apparatus for this purpose which is shown in the drawing which accompanies this application and which is a part of this .speciflcation.

The drawing is a diagrammatic view of a concrete form of apparatus for carrying out the steps of my improved method.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the entire specification.

As shown in the drawing which, as stated, is necessarily more or less diagrammatic, and is supplied solely for illustrating an apparatus to employ my method, but it should be clear many.

different constructions may be used for that purpose, I provide a keyboard, only one of the keys being shown, as the construction and operation of these keys is well understood. This keyboard is equipped with the required. number of keys suitably connected to actuate the mechanism for printing and adding or subtracting the data to be printed on the card. At one side of the keyboard are a number of keys I, 2, 3, 4 and 5. These keys are preferably marked total, nonadd, plus, minus, and punch, while the keys indicated by reference numeral-6 are the numerical keys, only one being shown. The depression of the non-add key 2 will enable-the operator to print on the face of the card, the customer's account number, the date as 12/ 16/40, thesalesmans number, or the number of the section or department. -Then by depressing the required keys and actuating the handle I (or if the machine is electrically driven the motor bar), this trips the trigger mechanism (not shown) controlling thetype I which prints the desired data on the card 9 by means of the inking ribbon 8, a platen or rubber printing roll H is provided opposite the type and ribbon. This same movetion of the motor, or hand operated, shaft I2, which in turn actuates the punch I3 causing it to move through the die I and slot or notch the card 9 on its lower edge.

By releasing the non-add key 2 the operator can then print on the card, for example, the

. skilled in the art, this causes thelocking strip II to slide up so as to prevent any other'key being depressed in the same column. With the first movement of the. handle I, asit is pulled forward. the adding wheel or dial it is drawn away from the adding rack l6. As the motion of the handle continues, the adding rack l6 descends until stopped by index bar It. During this operation the rear end 19 of the sector 20 which is meral 5 upon the paper. As this takes place, the movement of the adding rack I 6 will actuate a pinion 22, the teeth of which are in mesh with a rack 23 on one of the punch setting'bars 24.

These bars are cutaway to actuate punches to -slot cards with the numerals 1 2 4 7. A connecting rod 25 suitably equipped with a roller. 28 which rides on the edge of each of the punch setting bars 24, is connected to the punch actuating arm 21 so that when the desired punches are set, the actuation of the motor, or 'hand operated, shaft through the medium of the operating handle 1 or motor bar (not shown) which is described fully in' one of the patents herein named, will notch or slot the-desired pattern in the edge of the card, at the same time that the desired data is'being printed on the face of the card. From this description it will .be clear that I index the key punching guides from the adding machine keyboard in the same manner in which the adding and printing sectors of an adding machine are indexed from this same keyboard. A set of figures set up on the keyboard for slotting will cause the slotting dies to be actuated when a separate key 5 marked punch is actuated This key and its function is very much the same in its function and operation as the non-add, print, or any other special or result keys .now standard equipment in adding machines.f

The operation of my'method is as follows: a card is inserted into the machine in much the same manner it is placed in a machine of one of .the Welk or Nevin patents, or the manner in which it would be placed in the front feed of an adding machine. The operator then sets up the amount or quantity on the keyboard and depresses the non-add key or mot-or bar so set up to print on the card the desired data but not to ment of the operating handle I shifts the posipunch or slot it. Obviously this printing only places upon the face of the card, the number of the customer, the number of the salesman, or the name of the product, or all three at one writing. A second set of figures is now set up on the face of the card and add that in the add-- lng register or dials l8 of the machine. This acj both print and'slot simounted upon a pivot 2| 'is moved upward as I on the keyboard to give the quantity and amount or sales value of the sale. Following this the operator will depress the clutch or add motor ,bar

thus causing the machine to print the amount tion of the operator depressing the handle or motor bar. will, if the operatordepresses the punch key, cause the slotting dies or punches l3 to operate and form the predetermined pattern on the edge of the card. It will be apparent from the foregoing description that in this mannerthe card is mechanically prepared and the errors owing to the human equation will bereduced to a It will also be clear to persons skilled in the art that by following my method, it is possible for one operator to slot the cards-for their proper classification and prove the accuracy of the work at. the same time that the cards are being written,

because the totals of all of the computations can be determined for checking or proving purposes as described. This will greatly expedite the work in connection with the use of cards of the Perkins type and make it possible for analysis figures to be curately produced.

Having described my invention what I regard more quickly and more acas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1.In a machine of the character described, a

pulls the trigger, the hammer falls printing nudiflerentially movable member, means to detertionary card guide and die for locating a card in printing position, punches adjacent said'guide for notching an edge of thecard, means for opcrating said 'punches individually or in selected combinationa'an element differentially posi tionable in accordance with the position-of said difierentially movable member, and means con-' trolled by said element for controlling the oper-" ative connectionbetween said punches and said.

punch operating means.

2. In a machine of the characterdescribed, a Y

differentially movable toothed segment, means to determine the extent of movement of said sege ment, type selected by said segment for print ing, a platen cooperable with the selected type, a stationary card guide and die for locating a.

card in printing position, punches adjacent said guide for notching -an edge of the card, means for operating said punches individually or in-selected combinations, a toothed element differenment for controlling the operative connection between said punches and said punch operating means. I v

-6. In a machiile'of the character described, a

differentially movable toothed segment, means to determine the extent of movement of said segment, type selected by said segment for-printing,

a platen cooperable'with. the selected type, a stationarycard 'guide' anddie for locatinga card in printing position, punches adjacentsaid guide for notching an edge of the card, means for operating said punches individually or in selected combinations, a toothed element differentiallypositionable in accordance with the'position of said differcntially movable toothedsegment one end of tially positionable in accordance with the position of said {dififerentially movable toothed segment,'a

pinion intermediate thetoothed segment and said element in mesh with theteeth of both, and

means controlled by said element for controlling the operative connection between said punches and said punch operatingmeans. 3.In a machine of the character described, a

.which has'a pluralityof relatively displaced cam surfaces, a pinion intermediate the toothed .segment and said element inmesh with the teeth of both, a connecting" rod, a'roller carried thereby which rides on said cam surfaces, and a connection between said punch operating means and said punches controlled bysaid connecting rod.

7. In a machine of the character described, a differentially movable member, means to determine the extent of movement of said member,- type selected by. said member for printing, a platen cooper'able with the selected type, a stationarycard guide and die for locating a card in printing position, punches adjacent said guide for notching an edgefof the card, 'means for operatdifierentially movable member, means to determine the extent of movement. of said member,

type selected by said member for. printing'at a printing'line, a platen cooperable with the' se ing said punches individually or in selected com- I binations, s'aid'means comprising an oscillatable lected type, a stationary card guide and, die for locating a cardin printing position, horizontally reciprocating punches parallelwith the printing line adjacent said guide for notching an edge of the card, means Jfor operating said punches individually or in selected combinations, an ele-' ment differentially positionable in accordance with the positionof said ditierentially movable member, and means controlled by said'element for controlling the operativeconnection between said punches and said punch operating means.

a 4. In a machine of the'character described, a differentially movable member, means to deterplaten cooperablejwith the selected type a stationary card guide and die for locating a card member, -a link for each punch pivotally connected to said member, a punch;actuating arm slidably connected to said link, an element dif- -ferentially positionable in accordance with the" position of said differentially movable member,

and means controlled by said element for controlling theoperative connection between said punches and said punch operating means.

8. In a machineof, the character described,. 'a differentially movable member, means to deter-- mine the extent of movement oi said member,

type selected by said member for printing ata. printing'line, a platen cooperable with the selectved type, a stationary guide and die for locating minethe extent of movement of said member, .type selected by said'member forprinting, a

mprinting position, punches adjacent said guide for notching anedge of the card, means for operating said-punches individually or in selected;

combinations, an element differentially positioned bythe selection of said type, and means controlled by said element for controlling-the opera punchoperating means.

5 In a machine of the-character described-a .tive connection between said punches and said a differentially movable member, means .to determine the. extent of movement of said member,

type .selected' by said'member. for printing, a

platen cooperable with the selected type, a Stationar'y card guide and die for locating a card in printing position, punches adjacent said guide for .notching an edge'of the card, means .for operating said punches individually or in selected combinations, means including a difierentially-mov-v ating said punches individually or in selected 1 combinations, means cooperating with said difv a card in printing position, a. line of punches parallel-with the printing line adjacent said guide for notching an edge of f the card,- means for operating said punches individually or in selected combinations, an element differentially posltion-- able inaccordance with the position ofsaid diff erentially movable member, and means controlled by said element for controlling theoperative connection between said punches and said punch operating means.

. 9. In a machine of the character described, a difierentially movable member, means to determine-the exetnt'of movement of said member, type selected bysaid memberfor. printing at a printing line, a platen .cooperable with the select! ed type, a stationary guide and die for locating a card in printing position, a line Of p'unches" parallel, with the printing line adjacent said guide for notching an edge of the card, means for operierentially movable member to select said able element'to'cause the setting of said type to 4 select certain punches, operating means to move them into position to cut notches in the edge punches for controlling the operative connection punches and saidpunch operating between said means. A,

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of said card; and means-controlled by said ele- 

